St. Clair County People of Interest



REUBEN SANDERS NANCE  (1808 - 186?)

From St. Clair county Website - Early settlers:

The first settlers on or near the present site of Osceola were Daniel Perrin, Jonas Musgrove, Philip Crow, Reuben S. Nance and Ashby Peebly in 1835.



1840 Rives Co., MO Census – Grand River Township:
Reuben S. Nance
Males: 1 under age 5; 1 age 30-40
Females: 1 under age 5; 1 age 5-10; 1 age 20-30
 

1840 Rives Co., MO Census – Grand River Township:
R.L. Nance
Males: 3 age 20-30
Females: 1 age 20-30

1840 Rives Co., MO Census – Tebo Township:
Edmund Nance
Males: 1 age 20-30, 1 age 30-40
Females: 1 age 5-10, 3 age 10-15, 1 age 15-20, 1 age 40-50

1850 St. Clair Census – District No. 79 Being, 23 September:
Edmund Nance, age 51, male, farmer, $1000 real estate, born VA
Anna, age 56, female, born VA
Eleanor S., age 21, female, born VA
E. Ovey, age 19, female, born VA

1850 St. Clair Co., MO Census – District No. 79 Being, 19 September:
215/215 Reuben S. Nance, age 42, male, farmer, $600 real estate, born VA
Sarah W., age 38, female, born VA
Mary Jane, age 17, female, born TN
James S., age 11, male, born MO
Benj’a F., age 9, male, born MO
Wm. L., age 5, male, born MO
Amanda E., age 2, female, born MO

1850 St. Clair Co., MO Slave schedule:
Page 4, Column 1, Line 21
R.L. Nance
List Individually / Age / Sex / Race
1 45 M B
1 34 F B
1 25 F B
1 11 M B
1 7 F B
1 5 M B
1 5 F B
1 8/12 F B

1850 St. Clair Co., MO Slave schedule:
Page 4, Column 2, Line 5
Edmund Nance
List Individually / Age / Sex / Race
1 54 M M
1 40 M B
1 25 F M
1 23 F M
1 20 M M
1 15 F B
1 15 M B
1 11 M B
1 6 M M
1 5 M M
1 4 F B
1 3 F B

1860 St. Clair County Census, Washington Township:
Page 102, Line 2, 14 August, Osceola & Howards Mill Post Office
721/689 R.S. Nance, age 52, male, County Surveyor, $2500 real estate, $7000 personal estate, born VA
S.W. Nance, age 49, female, born VA
James S., age 21, male, Labourer, born MO
B.F. Nance, age 18, male, Labourer, born MO
W.L. Nance,age 15, male, born MO, attended school
Edmund S., age 8, male, born MO, attended school
A.E. Nance, age 11, female, born MO, attended school
John W., age 4, male, born MO

1860 St. Clair Co., MO Census – Polk Township:
Page 69, Line 26, 21 July, Osceola & Quincy Post Office
482/467 Edmund Nance, age 60, farmer, $4000 real estate, $9000 personal estate, born VA

1860 St. Clair Co., MO Slave schedule:
Page 6, column 2
R.S. Nance
List Individually / Age / Sex / Race
1 55 M B
1 35 F B
1 21 M B
1 18 F B
1 17 M B
1 9 F B
1 8 F B
1 5 M B
1 3/12 F B

1860 St. Clair Co., MO Slave schedule:
Page 5, column 1
Edmund Nance
List Individually / Age / Sex / Race
1 46 M B
1 25 M B
1 21 M B
1 16 M M
1 16 F B
1 16 F M
1 16 M M
1 12 F M
1 11 M M


1870 Hickory Co., MO Census – Green Township:
Page 2, Line 20, 12 July, Elkton, Missouri Post Office
14/14 Dooley, William H., age 33, male, white, farmer, $2000 real estate, $1500 personal estate, born MO, married in July within the census year, over age 21
Amanda E., age 22, female, white, keeping house, born MO, married in July within the census year

1870 living next door, line 22:
15/15 Dooley, Richard H., age 40, male, white, farmer, $2000 real estate, $500 personal estate, born TN, cannot write, over age 21
Nancy J., age 36, female, white, keeping house, born MO
Lafayett D., age 13, male, white, at home, born MO, attended school, cannot write
Mary Jane, age 11, female, white, at home, born MO, attended school, cannot write
Martha E., age 9, female, white, at home, born MO, attended school, cannot write
William T., age 4, male, white, at home, born MO
George W., age 2, male, white, at home, born MO
Arminta J., age 7/12, female, white, at home, born MO, born in December of census year
Jane, age 74, female, white, at home, born SC, cannot write
Nance, Edward L., age 19, male, white, farm laborer, born MO, attended school

1880 St. Clair Co., MO Census – Doyal Township:
District 6, ED 235, Page 1, Line 1, 1 June
1/1 Nance, Sarah W., white female, age 68, widowed, keeping house, cannot write, born VA, both parents born VA
William L., white male, age 36, son, divorced, farmer, born MO, both parents born VA

1880 Living next door, Line 3:
2/2 Nance, Benjamin, white male, age 38, married, farmer, born MO, both parents born VA
Hanah E., white female, age 36, wife, married, keeping house, born KY, both parents born VA
Louis F., white male, age 10, son, single, at home, attended school, born MO, father born MO, mother born KY
William R., white male, age 8, son, single, at school, attended school, cannot write, born MO, father born MO, mother born KY
Sarah A., white female, age 6, daughter, single, at home, attended school, cannot read or write, born MO, father born MO, mother born KY
George S., white male, age 4, son, single, at home, cannot read or write, born MO, father born MO, mother born KY
Mallie M., white female, age 2, daughter, single, at home, cannot read or write, born MO, father born MO, mother born KY
Lovell E., white male, age 4/12, son, single, at home, cannot read or write, born MO, father born MO, mother born KY

1880 Doyal Township, page 5, line 26, 5 June:
38/39 Selsor, George, white male, age 70, married, farmer, born VA, both parents born VA
Agnes, white female, age 60, wife, married, keeping house, cannot read, born VA, father born SC, mother born VA
Mallisa A., white female, age 32, daughter, divorced, servant, cannot write, born KY, both parents born VA
Johnson, Minerva, white female, age 9, orphan, single, domestic servant, attended school, born Arkansas (parents information left blank for place of birth)
Nance, George R., white male, age 3, grandson, single, born MO, father born KY, mother born MO
Nance, Henry B., white male, age 2, grandson, single, born MO, father born KY, mother born MO

1880 St. Clair Co., MO Census – Speedwell Township:
Page 2, Line 24, District 6, ED 227, 1 June
Dooly, William, white male, age 41, married, farmer, born MO, father born GA, mother born NSC
Amanda, white female, age 31, wife, married, born MO, father born VA, mother born TN
John, white male, age 9, son, single, attended school, cannot write, born MO
LeeAnna, white female, age 7, daughter, single, attended school, cannot write, born MO
Aqalia, white female, age 3, daughter, single, born MO
Emmett, white male, age 1, son, single, born MO

1880 St. Clair Co., MO Census:
James S. Nance, white male, age 41, married, farmer, born MO, both parents born VA
Jane A., wife, white female, age 34, keeping house, born VA, both parents born VA
J. Sanders, son, white male, age 13, works on farm, born MO, father born MO, mother born VA
Sarah E., daughter, white female, age 12, born MO, father born MO, mother born VA
Robert L., son, white male, age 10, works on farm, born MO, father born MO, mother born VA
Lillie, daughter, white female, age 6, born MO, father born MO, mother born VA
Edmund, son, white male, age 5, born MO, father born MO, mother born VA
Virginia, daughter, white female, age 3, born MO, father born MO, mother born VA
Athalia, daughter, white female, age 1, born MO, father born MO, mother born VA

1900 Greene Co., MO Census – North Campbell Township, Springfield:
ED 44, Page 5, Line 13, Ward 8, 6 June, living at 615 Dale Street
90/96 Dooley, William H., head, white male, born January 1849, age 61, married 30 years, born MO, both parents born SC, farmer, unemployed 12 months, can read & write, speaks English, renting farm
Amanda E., wife, white female, born March 1849, age 51, married 30 years, 5 children, 5 living, born MO, both parents born VA, can read & write, speaks English
John B., son, white male, born October 1870, age 29, single, born MO, both parents born MO, enlisted soldier, unemployed 0 months, can read & write, speaks English
Lena, daughter, white female, born October 1875, age 24, single, born MO, both parents born MO, can read & write, speaks English
Henry E., son, white male, born July 1879, age 20, single, born MO, both parents born MO, clerk in restaurant, unemployed 12 months, can read & write, speaks English
Ezra, son, white male, born March 1881, age 19, single, born MO, both parents born MO, baker, unemployed 12 months, can read & write, speaks English
Ella, daughter, white female, born June 1884, age 15, single, born MO, both parents born MO, unemployed 0 months, can read & write, speaks English

1900 St. Clair Co., MO Census – Doyal Township, Visa Village:
Dist. 6, ED 143, Page 10A, Line 21, 21 June
184/187 Nance, James S., head, white male, born April 1839, age 61, married 36 years, born MO, both parents born VA, farmer, unemployed 0 months, can read & write, speaks English, owned farm free, farm # 174
Jane, wife, white female, born January 1846, age 54, married 36 years, 8 children, 8 living, born VA, both parents born VA, can read & write, speaks English

1900 St. Clair Co., MO Census – Doyal Township, Vista Village:
Dist. 6, ED 143, Page 7B, Line 51
134/136 Nance, Benjammin, head, white male, born November 1841, age 58, married 31 years, born MO, father born VA, mother born TN, farmer, can read & write, speaks English, owned farm free, farm # 124
Elizabeth, wife, white female, born August 1843, age 56, married 31 years, 9 children, 7 living, born KY, both parents born VA, can read & write, speaks English
William, son, white male, born January 1872, age 28, single, born MO, father born MO, mother born KY, farmer, can read & write, speaks English, owned farm free, farm # 125
Stella, daughter, white female, born July 1882, age 17, single, born MO, father born MO, mother born KY, at school 6 months, can read & write, speaks English
Lottie, daughter, white female, born March 1885, age 15, single, born MO, father born MO, mother born KY, at school 4 months, can read & write, speaks English
Rena, daughter, white female, born September 1889, age 10, single, born MO, father born MO, mother born KY, at school 4 months, can read & write, speaks English

1910 St. Clair Co., MO Census – Doyal Township:
51/51 Nance, James, head, white male, age 71, widowed, born MO, both parents born VA, speaks English, farmer, homeplace, can read & write, owns farm free, farm # 154

1910 Wyandotte Co., KS Census – Precinct 21, Kansas City:
Dist. 2, Ed 189, Page 5B, Line 67, 20 April
living at 544 South 11th Street
95/97 Dooley, Ezra, head, white male, age 28, married 3 years, born MO, both parents born MO, speaks English, car inspector for railroad, not out of work, unemployed 0 months, can read & write, renting house
Maud, wife, white female, age 22, married 3 years, 1 child, 1 living, born MO, both parents born MO, speaks English, no occupation, can read & write
Gertrude M., daughter, white female, age 11/12, single, born KS, both parents born MO

1910 St. Clair Co., MO Census – Doyal Township:
Dist. 6, ED 131, Page 3A, Line 12, 20 April
47/49 Nance, Benjamin, head, white male, age 68, married 41 years, 1st marriage, born MO, father born VA, mother born TN, speaks English, farmer, home farm, can read & write, owned farm free, farm # 49
Lizzy, wife, white female, age 66, married 41 years, 1st marriage, 9 children, 6 living, born KY, both parents born VA, speaks English, no occupation, can read & write
William, son, white male, age 38, single, born MO, father born MO, mother born KY, speaks English, farmer, home farm, not unemployed, can read & write
Reny, daughter, white female, age 20, single, born MO, father born MO, mother born KY, speaks English, no occupation, can read & write, not attending school

1920 St. Clair Co., MO Census – Doyal Township:
Dist. 6, ED 140, Page 3B, Line 92, 14 January
70/71 Nance, James S., head, owned farm, male, white, age 80, widowed, can read & write, born MO, both parents born TN, speaks English, no occupation

1920 St. Clair Co., MO Census – Doyal Township:
Dist. 6, ED 140, Page 4A, Line 12, 15 January
74/75 Nance, Benjamin F., head, owned free, white male, age 78, married, can read & write, born MO, father born born VA, mother born MO, speaks English, farmer, general farm, farm # 73
Hannah E., wife, white female, age 76, married, can read & write, born KY, both parents born VA, speaks English, no occupation
William R., son, white male, age 47, single, can read & write, born MO, father born MO, mother born KY, speaks English, farmer, general farm
Carpenter, John A., hired hand, white male, age 66, widowed, can read & write, born MO, both parents born VA, speaks English, farm laborer, working out



International Genealogical Index:

Batch M515161
William L. Nance – Malissa A. Selsor, married 13 February 1876 St. Clair Co., MO.

Benjamin F. Nance – Elizabeth Carpenter, married 20 April 1869 St. Clair Co., MO.

Amanda C. Nance – William H. Dooley, married 3 June 1869 St. Clair Co., MO.

Batch M519312
John W. Nance – Martha A. Lafferty, married 14 September 1882, Henry Co., TN.

Sarah Elmer Nance, born 2 January 1868 OF St. Clair Co., MO; died 17 January 1950. Daughter of James Saunders Nance and Jane Ann Boyd. Sarah married Charles Benjamin Ragan 3 March 1887 St. Clair Co., MO.

Edmund Lewis Nance, born 1878 MO, married Alora Lelia Thompson, 23 May 1900 St. Clair Co., MO. Alora born 25 July 1880 Collins, St. Clair CO., MO; died 2 August 1945.

Reuben Saunders Nance, born 28 May 1808 Henry Co., VA; died about 1860. OF St. Clair Co., MO. Married Sarah Woodson Clardy 16 July 1831 TN.
Sarah Woodson Clardy, born 2 April 1812 VA; died about 1887, OF St. Clair Co., MO.
Children:
1. Mary Jane, born 12 January 1833 TN.
2. Sarah Brown, born 15 November 1835.
3. James Sanders, born 4 April 1839 MO; died 21 August 1925 St. Clair Co., MO.
4. Benjamin Franklin, born 29 November 1841 MO; died 3 July 1922 St. Clair Co., MO.
5. William Lessonby, born 25 December 1844 MO; died 15 January 1916 St. Clair Co., MO.
6. Amanda Ellen, born 19 March 1848 MO.
7. Edmund Lewis, born 8 August 1851 MO; died 1878, OF St. Clair Co., MO.
8. John W., born 29 June 1855 MO; died 25 April 1906 Stewart, TN.

Edmund Nance, son of Reuben Nance. Edmund was born 1797 Patrick, Henry Co., VA; married Anna Simms 27 August 1817 Patrick, Henry Co., VA.
Anna Simms, daughter of Ignatious Simms & Jane, maiden name unknown.
Anna Simms was born 1799 Patrick, Henry Co., VA.



Family Tree Online:

Sarah Woodson Clardy m. REUBEN SAUNDERS NANCE; Their family notebook
A Crouch Family Heritage Association Family Tree page, Nance family line; Text excerpted from Dave Nance's Definitive Nance Genealogy Clearinghouse

REUBEN SAUNDERS NANCE (b. 1808) was a son of Reuben Nance (b.1745, Brunsick, VA d.1812, Henry Co., VA) and Nancy Brown (b.1767, d.1825). Reuben Saunders married Sarah Woodson Clardy (b. 1812). They lived in Saint Clair Co, MO.

In his own words as kept in his notebook, here is Reuben Saunders Nance's "FAMILY RECORD"

Reuben Saunders Nance was born May 28th 1808 and was married to his wife Sarah Woodson Clardy July 16th 1831. Sarah Woodson Clardy was born April 2 1812.
[Their children]--
Mary Jane Nance was born January 12 1833
Sarah Brown Nance was born November 15th 1835
James Saunders Nance was born April 4th 1837
Benjamin Franklin Nance was born Nov 29th 1841
William Lessonby Nance was born Dec 25th 1844
Amanda Ellen Nance was born March 19th 1848
Edmund Lewis Nance was born 8th August 1851
John Woodson Nance was born June 29 1855



From WHMC – Rolla, Information Sheet:
R Nance, Reuben Saunders, 1808-
183 Notebook, 1838-1903 (bulk 1839-1857). One folder, photocopies.
This is a notebook of Reuben S. Nance of Collins in St. Clair County, Missouri. Included are accounts receivable from mercantile operations, 1838-1857; records of school attendance, 1854-1856; and miscellaneous memoranda, 1857-1903. r202 14 November 1983 Orville Langdon



From St. Clair County Cemeteries Book:

NANCE CEMETERY
Location - Doyal Township. West from Mo Hwy 13 on V Hwy 2 miles to WW Hwy to end of WW then east on SE 470 to SE 601, through fields and across a creek. Cemetery on east side of road.

History - Reuben Sanders Nance was born 28 May 1808 in Virginia. His parents were Reuben and Nancy (Brown) Nance of Henry County, Virginia. Reuben married Sarah Clardy in Tennessee around 1830 and had five children. In the year of 1835, Reuben Sanders Nance settled on section 34 in Doyal Township. He operated two stores and was County Surveyor for 20 years. His family held many offices in St. Clair County.
The Nance Cemetery is still owned by descendants of Mr. Nance. The farm he and his descendants had acquired and added to remained in the family for 129 years until it was sold in 1994.
His wife and three generations can be found in the cemetery, but Reuben Sanders Nance lies elsewhere in an unmarked grave.
During the Civil War, for reasons unknown by his descendants living today, Reuben left his family and departed with his slaves to go south and was never heard from again.

Cemetery Records
Dooley, Lula, 1874 - 1880
NANCE, Sarah W., 1812-1887
NANCE. James Sanders, 04 April 1839 - 21 August 1925
Nance, Jane A., 9 January 1846 – 19 September 1909
NANCE, Benjamin F., 29 November 1841 - 03 July 1922
NANCE, William L., 25 December 1844 - 15 January 1916



From census records and IGI listings, it appears that Reuben & Nancy (Brown) Nance had the following children, not including those not accounted for:
Edmund
Reuben Saunders
William Ignacious
Jane who married Samuel B. Shryer



International Genealogical Index:

William Ignacious Nance, born 1 January 1820 VA; died 1864 Hickory Co., MO; buried South New Home Cemetery, northwest of Cross Timbers, Hickory Co., MO. William Married Elizabeth Young Daniel about 1839 St. Clair Co., MO.
Elizabeth Young (Daniel)Nance was born 7 September 1824 Mecklenburg, VA; died 19 August 1910 Hickory Co., MO; buried South New Home Cemetery, Cross Timbers, Hickory Co., MO.
Children:
1. Martha A., born 10 July 1840 St. Clair Co., MO.
2. Nancy J., born 15 July 1842 St. Clair Co., MO.
3. Mary E., born 8 July 1843 St. Clair Co., MO.
4. Edmund S., born 1845 St. Clair Co., MO.
5. Pleasant N., born 10 November 1850 St. Clair Co., MO; died 27 April 1927 Hickory Co., MO. Buried South New Home Cemetery, Cross Timbers, Hickory Co., MO.
6. John L., born 26 February 1852 St. Clair Co., MO.; died before 1860 St. Clair Co., MO.
7. Elizabeth Young Nance, born 5 April 1853 St. Clair Co., MO.
8. Lessenby Harris, born 9 April 1855 St. Clair Co., MO; died 5 April 1948 Hickory Co., MO. buried South New Home Cemetery, Cross Timbers, Hickory Co., MO.
9. James L., born 9 November 1857 St. Clair Co., MO.
10. Anna Eliza, born 9 July 1860 St. Clair Co., MO.
11. Ignacious A., born 24 October 1862 St. Clair Co., MO.

Jane Nance, born 31 March 1822 VA; died 18 March 1911 Washington, Cedar Co., MO. Buried Preston Cemetery; married Samuel B. Shryer 1 February 1842 MO.
Samuel B. Shryer born 22 January 1820 VA; died 26 January 1900 MO.
Children:
1. Virginia A., born 7 February 1843 MO.
2. Sarah Eleanor, born 9 June 1845 MO; died 15 January 1941 MO.
3. E. Honey Paralee, born 19 October 1847 MO.
4. Elizabeth Jane, born 18 February 1850 MO.
5. John Worren, born 20 March 1852 MO; died 12 May 1931 MO.
6. Edmon Wills, born 13 May 1854 MO.
7. Samuel W.H., born 21 June 1858 MO.
8. William A.B., born 9 June 1860 MO.
9. Mary Enoch Margaret Luiza Lee, born 16 August 1864 MO; died 8 June 1963 Santa Ana, Orange Co., CA.
10. Robert A.B., born 24 June 1867 MO.